POLICE IN WALDOBORO ARE INVESTIGATING A DISTURBING CASE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AFTER A DOG IS FOUND SHOT WITH NEARLY áONE- HUNDREDá B-B'S. THE "LINCOLN COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER" FILED THE CASE THIS MORNING, AND THE WALDOBORO POLICE CHIEF TELLS NEWS 8, THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR IS áUNACCEPTABLE.á BUT AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE DOG IS HAPPY AND HEALTHY.. AND NOW IN A NEW HOME. W-M-T-W NEWS 8'S KATIE THOMPSON HAS áTHE LATEST.á HARD TO IMAGINE HOW THIS DOG COULD BE SO HAPPY AFTER GOING THROUGH SUCH A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. "it's a horrible act on a beautiful dog." THESE X-RAYS SHOW THE ALMOST 100 B-B'S INSIDE OF THE DOG'S SKIN. THE ONE-YEAR OLD LAB, NAMED LADY, WAS FOUND WANDERING BEHIND A HOME IN WALDOBORO BEFORE BEING BROUGHT TO THE LINCOLN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER TWO WEEKS AGO. LADY WAS IN SURGERY TO BE SPAYED, THAT'S WHEN BOOTHBAY ANIMAL HOSPITAL'S DR DEAN DOMEYER DECIDED TO GIVE WHAT LOOKED LIKE A SCAB WOUND, A CLOSER LOOK. "it wasn't just another little lump you could feel something that was hard and round and felt like a BB so we decided to take an x-ray" ONE X-RAY REVEALED FIFTY BB'S IN JUST HER HEAD ALONE, WITH MORE SCATTERED ABOUT HER BODY. "there are bb's everywhere there is one pellet and multiple multiple bb's." SURPRISINGLY, HOWEVER ...LADY IS OTHERWISE HEALTHY. AND THE BB'S RIGHT NOW, AREN'T CAUSING HER ANY HARM OR PAIN. "it still remains with lady whether we are going to have to do anything about these bb's or not. Right now, none of them pose any threat to her apparently. We have also not done any lead levels or blood cell count to make sure there is no issue, and that's probably on the docket." "considering all that she's gone through the vet says Lady's temperament seems fine. She's lucky to be alive and her new owner says he's lucky to have her" "shes a lucky dog, I mean she doesn't have any eye damage as the vet said and she doesn't seem to have an organ damage, so I think she's going to have a wonderful life. She's very lucky. I think i'm very lucky." LAST WEEK, AFTER HIS DOG OF TEN YEARS PASSED AWAY,WALPOLE RESIDENT PETER BLANTON ADOPTED LADY. "i mean in just one day she just follows me like a shadow. she just wants love and we love her." A HAPPY ENDING TO THIS STORY..WHAT CAME FIRST, REMAINS UNKNOWN ... IN EDGECOMB, KATIE THOMPSON WMTW NEWS 8.